Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER IS LOCATED ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN BAR. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER NEAR THE HAND SINK BY THE DISH MACHINE.
  code 10Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CHLORINE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION AT 0PPM AT BAR DISH MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN IT AT 50-200PPM. UNIT WAS TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. FACILITY CANNOT USE THE DISH MACHINE UNIT IT MAINTAINS A CONCENTRATION BETWEEN 50-200PPM. ONCE REPAIRED, FACILITY MUST CONTACT CDPHFOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG FOR AN INSPECTOR TO REMOVE STICKER IF REPAIRED PROPERLY. PRIORITY 7-38-025 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: IN-USE WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT STORED PROPERLY. FOUND ON PREP-COUNTER IN SALAD STATION. CLOTHS USED TO WIPE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT SHALL BE HELD IN A PROPER SANITIZER SOLUTION. CLOTHS IN-USE FOR WIPING SURFACES IN CONTACT WITH RAW ANIMAL FOODS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM CLOTHS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IN-USE CLOTHS MUST BE LAUNDERED DAILIY.
  code 41
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: UTENSILS INCLUDING BUT IS NOT LIMITIED TO KNIVES AND TONGS, STORED IN STAGNANT CONTAINERS OF ICE WATER IN SALAD AND PASTA STATION. STORE IN-USE UTENSILS: 1) IN THE FOOD WITH THE HANDLE UP AND OUT OF THE FOOD ITEM; 2) STORED ON A CLEAN AND SANITIZED SURFACE; 3) IN RUNNING WATER; 4) IN CONTAINER OF HOT WATER MAINTAINED AT OR ABOVE 135F.
  code 43
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: FAN GUARDS IN THE WALK-IN UNITS IS SOILED WITH DEBRIS. FACILITY MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: EMPLOYEE CLOTHING ITEMS WERE FOUND STORED IMPROPERLY IN DRINK STORAGE CLOSET LOCATED NEAR FRONT REGISTER. FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS SHALL A) PROVIDE DESIGNATED DRESSING ROOMS OR DRESSING AREAS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ROUTINELY CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES IN THE ESTABLISHMENTS; B) PROVIDE LOCKERS OR OTHER SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR THE ORDERLY STORAGE OF EMPLOYEES' CLOTHING AND OTHER POSSESSIONS.
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 10, 2022: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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